The most "auncient" town has two personalities:
A) The Silas Deane stuff
and
B) The lovely, lovely section of Old Wethersfield...with the cove, big old Victorians, a little indie ice cream shop, tea parlor, and a pilgrim graveyard at First Church where pioneering Protestants like "Bethankful Welles" are buried.
The signs down there are very tasteful (with the onion and the "auncient" font). This is the historical society, so don't worry. They won't be setting up anything VIP-ish.